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Understanding Project Based Learning
Understanding Project Based Learning
Learning
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Five Characteristics of PBL
1. Projects must be central, not peripheral to
the curriculum
2. Projects are focused on questions or
problems that lead students to learn the
central concepts and principles of a
discipline.
3. Projects involve students in a constructive
investigation.
4. Projects are student-driven to some
significant degree.
5. Projects are realistic, not school-like.
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1) Projects must be central, not
peripheral to the curriculum
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3) Projects involve students in a
constructive investigation.
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4) Projects are student-driven to
some significant degree
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5) Projects are realistic, not school-like.
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21st Century Skills Assessment
http://www.bie.org/videos/video/21st_cen
tury_skills_assess
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Assessing PBL Projects
Assessment meets many needs. It
provides diagnostic feedback.
helps educators set standards.
allows one to evaluate progress and relate that progress
to others.
gives students feedback on how well they understand
the information and on what they need to improve.
helps the teacher design instruction to teach more
effectively.
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Steps to enabling effective self-evaluation
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Vignettes to analyze
1. Read one of the vignettes (Alabama or South
Carolina) placed on your table.
2. Be prepared to share one piece of evidence to
explain what is different.
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Project Launch
Now, with your table team, improve your list by
comparing notes on what the project is asking you
to do.
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Jigsaw reading in PBL
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Three Benefits of using Jigsaw learning
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Resources:
www.bie.org
Thomas, J. W. (2000). A review of research on project-based learning. Report prepared for
The Autodesk Foundation. Retrieved May 18, 2009 from
http://www.bie.org/index.php/site/RE/pbl_research/29
http://genyes.org/media/freeresources/assessing_tech_literacy_whitepaper.pdf
Photos from Boston Day Evening Academy -http://www.bacademy.org/inside-
bdea/curriculum
Individual and group work PBL for STTI and the classroom
http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-guide-implementation#pbl_assess
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/jigsaw/
https://sites.google.com/a/leyden212.org/mapping/components/assessments/formative-vs-
summative
http://www.southbendcareeracademy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&i
d=37:projects-vs-pbl&catid=19:class-room-articles&Itemid=101
https://sites.google.com/a/leyden212.org/mapping/components/assessments/formative-vs-
summative
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